Journal rankings · indicator year 2025
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Physiology journal rankings 2025
154 ranked journals · Subfield in Medicine
Physiology has 154 ranked journals in 2025. The median OJR rose 0.05 on 2024 to 0.87, below the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 1.34. The two highest-scoring journals with stable ranks are Current Obesity Reports and Molecular Neurodegeneration: each is likely ranked within the top 3.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2025. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2022–2024, the window the 2025 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields of Medicine (42)
- Surgery945
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine352
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health311
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine287
- Infectious Diseases258
- Oncology242
- Epidemiology178
- Neurology168
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging160
- Physiology154
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism152
- Psychiatry and Mental health139
Show all 42 subfields
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine121
- Ophthalmology96
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health95
- Dermatology89
- Obstetrics and Gynecology81
- Hematology78
- Rheumatology70
- Nephrology62
- Complementary and alternative medicine58
- Reproductive Medicine53
- Pharmacology49
- Emergency Medicine44
- Geriatrics and Gerontology38
- Otorhinolaryngology32
- Rehabilitation31
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine29
- Hepatology28
- Immunology and Allergy25
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine24
- Genetics19
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine14
- Urology13
- Health Informatics10
- Gastroenterology6
- Internal Medicine6
- Family Practice2
- Transplantation2
- Anatomy0
- Biochemistry0
- Microbiology0
154 ranked journals
Filters
Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. The small range under it is the likely rank range: in 95% of 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers, it ranked inside that range. Journals whose ranges overlap are not clearly different. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2024. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2022–2024, the window the 2025 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2022–2024 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2016 to 2025. A label compares the 2022→2025 change with the median change of the journal’s field or domain. Rising needs a relative change of +10% or more that is at least 2 standard errors above zero; Falling needs -9.1% or less (rounded), at least 2 standard errors below zero. Sorting uses that relative change. | Compare |
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Rank 1; likely between #1 and #3 of 154Current Obesity ReportsSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 5.64Q1 | 18.43 5.00 up from 2024 | 120 | 62% | $5,790 | Rising vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 2; likely between #1 and #3 of 154Molecular NeurodegenerationOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 5.43Q1 | 18.00 1.60 up from 2024 | 255 | 100% | $3,090 | ||
Rank 3; likely between #2 and #6 of 154npj AgingSpringer Science+Business Media | 4.07Q1 | 14.08 7.34 up from 2024 | 100 | 100% | $3,690 | ||
Rank 4; likely between #3 and #7 of 154Nature Reviews EndocrinologyNature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 3.47Q1 | 13.62 0.16 down from 2024 | 431 | 18% | — | ||
Rank 5; likely between #1 and #19 of 154Journal of Obesity & Metabolic SyndromeOAKorean Society for the Study of Obesity · South Korea | 3.33Q1 | 12.47 4.21 up from 2024 | 115 | 100% | — | ||
Rank 6; likely between #4 and #8 of 154Acta NeuropathologicaSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 2.87Q1 | 9.67 0.35 up from 2024 | 400 | 87% | $4,990 | ||
Rank 7; likely between #4 and #11 of 154Journal of sport and health science/Journal of Sport and Health ScienceOAElsevier BV · China | 2.68Q1 | 10.02 1.48 up from 2024 | 222 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
Rank 8; likely between #5 and #10 of 154Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and MuscleOASpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 2.68Q1 | 9.47 0.09 up from 2024 | 737 | 100% | $5,400 | ||
Rank 9; likely between #5 and #18 of 154npj Metabolic Health and DiseaseOASpringer Science+Business Media | 2.38Q1 | 6.92 2.42 up from 2024 | 39 | 100% | $2,590 | ||
Rank 10; likely between #7 and #15 of 154Current Nutrition ReportsSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 2.27Q1 | 9.35 2.38 up from 2024 | 197 | 40% | $4,690 | ||
Rank 11; likely between #8 and #14 of 154Clinical NutritionElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.23Q1 | 7.37 0.08 down from 2024 | 927 | 57% | $3,320 | Rising vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 12; likely between #7 and #16 of 154Nutrition and DiabetesOASpringer Nature · United Kingdom | 2.22Q1 | 6.41 0.61 up from 2024 | 170 | 100% | $3,890 | ||
Rank 13; likely between #10 and #15 of 154Ageing Research ReviewsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.04Q1 | 16.77 2.82 up from 2024 | 858 | 36% | $5,520 | Rising vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 14; likely between #10 and #20 of 154American Journal of Preventive MedicineElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.93Q1 | 4.43 0.05 up from 2024 | 824 | 49% | $3,300 | ||
Rank 15; likely between #13 and #18 of 154NutrientsOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 1.87Q1 | 6.28 0.54 up from 2024 | 14,734 | 100% | $3,499 | Falling vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 16; likely between #13 and #20 of 154GeroScienceSpringer International Publishing · Switzerland | 1.85Q1 | 6.47 0.36 up from 2024 | 937 | 94% | $2,890 | Rising vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 17; likely between #14 and #29 of 154International Journal of ObesitySpringer Nature · United Kingdom | 1.71Q1 | 5.56 1.32 up from 2024 | 644 | 49% | $4,790 | ||
Rank 18; likely between #15 and #30 of 154ObesityWiley · United States | 1.68Q1 | 4.56 0.09 down from 2024 | 786 | 74% | $4,980 | ||
Rank 19; likely between #16 and #29 of 154PainLippincott Williams & Wilkins · Netherlands | 1.67Q1 | 5.09 0.59 up from 2024 | 873 | 47% | — | ||
Rank 20; likely between #12 and #40 of 154Advances in SimulationOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 1.67Q1 | 4.68 0.95 down from 2024 | 124 | 100% | $2,790 | ||
Rank 21; likely between #15 and #36 of 154Mechanisms of Ageing and DevelopmentElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.63Q1 | 6.76 0.97 up from 2024 | 226 | 59% | $4,780 | ||
Rank 22; likely between #16 and #36 of 154npj MicrogravityOANature Portfolio · United States | 1.62Q1 | 5.97 1.03 up from 2024 | 259 | 100% | $3,690 | ||
Rank 23; likely between #18 and #34 of 154Addictive BehaviorsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.60Q1 | 4.29 0.40 up from 2024 | 738 | 60% | $4,450 | ||
Rank 24; likely between #18 and #37 of 154The journal of nutrition health & agingOASpringer Science+Business Media · France | 1.55Q1 | 4.82 0.94 up from 2024 | 567 | 100% | $3,450 | ||
Rank 25; likely between #13 and #53 of 154Exercise and Sport Sciences ReviewsLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 1.54Q1 | 4.49 0.61 up from 2024 | 70 | 26% | — | ||
Rank 26; likely between #20 and #36 of 154Aging Clinical and Experimental ResearchSpringer Science+Business Media · Italy | 1.53Q1 | 4.77 0.97 up from 2024 | 809 | 100% | $4,490 | ||
Rank 27; likely between #13 and #57 of 154Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical SciencesOACanadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences · Canada | 1.51Q1 | 4.91 0.03 up from 2024 | 83 | 100% | $2,200 | ||
Rank 28; likely between #18 and #44 of 154European Review of Aging and Physical ActivityOABioMed Central · Germany | 1.49Q1 | 5.13 0.97 up from 2024 | 81 | 100% | $3,090 | ||
Rank 29; likely between #23 and #39 of 154Experimental GerontologyOAElsevier BV · United States | 1.48Q1 | 5.47 0.73 up from 2024 | 762 | 100% | $3,400 | ||
Rank 30; likely between #18 and #47 of 154Nutrition & MetabolismOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 1.47Q1 | 4.27 0.34 down from 2024 | 244 | 100% | $3,590 | ||
Rank 31; likely between #18 and #48 of 154Allergology InternationalOAElsevier BV · Japan | 1.47Q1 | 4.24 0.12 up from 2024 | 255 | 100% | $2,280 | ||
Rank 32; likely between #20 and #45 of 154PAIN ReportsOAWolters Kluwer · United States | 1.46Q1 | 4.18 0.50 up from 2024 | 232 | 100% | $2,500 | ||
Rank 33; likely between #22 and #41 of 154Frontiers in Pain ResearchOAFrontiers Media · Switzerland | 1.46Q1 | 3.79 0.43 up from 2024 | 518 | 100% | $3,077 | ||
Rank 34; likely between #25 and #41 of 154The Journals of Gerontology Series AOxford University Press · United States | 1.44Q1 | 4.25 0.23 up from 2024 | 810 | 66% | $4,408 | ||
Rank 35; likely between #12 and #72 of 154Journal of PHYSIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGYOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 1.41Q1 | 4.38 1.78 up from 2024 | 104 | 100% | $1,690 | ||
Rank 36; likely between #20 and #54 of 154Annals of Behavioral MedicineOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.37Q1 | 4.02 0.58 up from 2024 | 245 | 71% | $4,433 | ||
Rank 37; likely between #14 and #75 of 154TemperatureTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.37Q1 | 3.65 0.23 down from 2024 | 77 | 100% | — | ||
Rank 38; likely between #21 and #57 of 154BiogerontologySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.34Q1 | 5.28 0.58 up from 2024 | 215 | 34% | $4,790 | ||
Rank 39; likely between #32 and #46 of 154The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In PracticeElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.34Q1 | 4.36 0.03 down from 2024 | 1,557 | 48% | $4,000 | ||
Rank 40; likely between #26 and #52 of 154Allergy Asthma and Immunology ResearchOASouth Korea | 1.33Q2 | 3.77 0.19 down from 2024 | 186 | 100% | — | ||
Rank 41; likely between #27 and #54 of 154Clinical ChemistryAmerican Association for Clinical Chemistry · United States | 1.32Q2 | 4.44 0.92 up from 2024 | 513 | 79% | $4,636 | ||
Rank 42; likely between #26 and #55 of 154American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and MetabolismAmerican Physiological Society · United States | 1.32Q2 | 4.05 0.80 up from 2024 | 344 | 96% | — | ||
Rank 43; likely between #33 and #47 of 154Preventive MedicineElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.31Q2 | 3.40 0.20 down from 2024 | 934 | 59% | $3,650 | Falling vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 44; likely between #25 and #63 of 154Neurobiology of PainOAElsevier BV · United States | 1.27Q2 | 3.57 0.06 up from 2024 | 93 | 100% | $2,160 | ||
Rank 45; likely between #19 and #74 of 154Journal of Activity Sedentary and Sleep BehaviorsPublisher not listed | 1.25Q2 | 3.87 1.87 up from 2024 | 70 | 100% | $1,890 | ||
Rank 46; likely between #31 and #61 of 154Nitric OxideElsevier BV · United States | 1.24Q2 | 4.30 0.43 up from 2024 | 193 | 32% | $3,400 | ||
Rank 47; likely between #30 and #69 of 154Annals of Geriatric Medicine and ResearchOAKorea Geriatrics Society · South Korea | 1.21Q2 | 2.85 0.72 down from 2024 | 168 | 100% | — | ||
Rank 48; likely between #19 and #85 of 154Korean Journal of Family MedicineOAKorean Academy of Family Medicine · South Korea | 1.20Q2 | 2.56 0.44 down from 2024 | 195 | 100% | — | ||
Rank 49; likely between #33 and #64 of 154Mental health and physical activityElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.20Q2 | 3.55 0.24 up from 2024 | 180 | 61% | $3,360 | ||
Rank 50; likely between #40 and #60 of 154Nutrition ReviewsOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.18Q2 | 6.40 0.97 up from 2024 | 472 | 39% | $4,981 |
9 Physiology journals are labelled rising: their OJR moved up between 2022 and 2025 clearly faster than the median journal of their field or domain.
A journal is rising when its OJR grew from 2022 to 2025 faster than the median journal of its field (or domain, when the field is small), by two tests: the relative change is +10% or more, and it is at least 2 standard errors above zero. So the range of the change at 2 standard errors stays above zero, though not necessarily above +10%.
The bar is that range on a ratio scale; the shaded band, -9.1% to +10%, holds changes too small for a label. The list is ordered by the low end of the range, so the surest rises come first.
- 1Advances in Laboratory Medicine / Avances en Medicina de LaboratorioOADe Gruyter · Germany+141% vs groupOJR 0.17 → 0.38range +31% to +342%
- 2The Journal of Applied Laboratory MedicineOxford University Press · United States+61% vs groupOJR 0.44 → 0.66range +24% to +107%
- 3Ageing Research ReviewsElsevier BV · Netherlands+37% vs groupOJR 1.60 → 2.04range +18% to +58%
- 4Clinical NutritionElsevier BV · United Kingdom+26% vs groupOJR 1.89 → 2.23range +7.1% to +48%
- 5Nutrition Clinique et MétabolismeElsevier BV · France+108% vs groupOJR 0.10 → 0.20range +5.1% to +313%
- 6Indian Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and AIDSMedknow · India+67% vs groupOJR 0.15 → 0.23range +3.5% to +170%
- 7GeroScienceSpringer International Publishing · Switzerland+20% vs groupOJR 1.65 → 1.85range +3.4% to +39%
- 8Current Obesity ReportsSpringer Science+Business Media · United States+49% vs groupOJR 4.04 → 5.64range +1.5% to +119%
- 9Nutritional NeuroscienceTaylor & Francis · Netherlands+21% vs groupOJR 0.98 → 1.11range +0.8% to +45%
No-label zone, -9.1% to +10%Group median changeBar scale -79% to +377% (ratio scale)
11 Physiology journals are labelled falling: their OJR moved between 2022 and 2025 clearly behind the median journal of their field or domain.
A journal is falling when its OJR changed from 2022 to 2025 by less than the median journal of its field (or domain, when the field is small), by two tests: the relative change is -9.1% or less (rounded), and it is at least 2 standard errors below zero. So the range of the change at 2 standard errors stays below zero, though not necessarily below -9.1%.
The bar is that range on a ratio scale; the shaded band, -9.1% to +10%, holds changes too small for a label. The list is ordered by the high end of the range, so the surest falls come first.
- 1MedicinesOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland-50% vs groupOJR 1.55 → 0.72range -64% to -32%
- 2CoDASOABrazilian Society of Speech Therapy · Brazil-47% vs groupOJR 0.61 → 0.30range -60% to -28%
- 3Nicotine & Tobacco ResearchOxford University Press · United Kingdom-31% vs groupOJR 1.19 → 0.76range -42% to -19%
- 4Journal of Medical BiochemistryOADe Gruyter · Serbia-41% vs groupOJR 0.74 → 0.40range -58% to -19%
- 5Preventive MedicineElsevier BV · Netherlands-25% vs groupOJR 1.88 → 1.31range -35% to -15%
- 6American Journal of Clinical PathologyOxford University Press · United States-32% vs groupOJR 1.01 → 0.64range -48% to -12%
- 7European Journal of Clinical NutritionSpringer Nature · United Kingdom-32% vs groupOJR 1.66 → 1.06range -48% to -11%
- 8NutrientsOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland-9.1% vs groupOJR 2.20 → 1.87range -13% to -4.8%
- 9NutritionElsevier BV · United States-16% vs groupOJR 1.45 → 1.14range -27% to -4.2%
- 10Annals of Clinical Biochemistry International Journal of Laboratory MedicineSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom-38% vs groupOJR 0.62 → 0.36range -60% to -2.9%
- 11Journal of VoiceElsevier BV · Netherlands-16% vs groupOJR 0.54 → 0.43range -29% to -0.9%
No-label zone, -9.1% to +10%Group median changeBar scale -65% to +190% (ratio scale)
Subfields of Medicine, with Physiology highlighted.
- Surgery945
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine352
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health311
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine287
- Infectious Diseases258
- Oncology242
- Epidemiology178
- Neurology168
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging160
- Physiology154
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism152
- Psychiatry and Mental health139
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine121
- Ophthalmology96
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health95
- Dermatology89
- Obstetrics and Gynecology81
- Hematology78
- Rheumatology70
- Nephrology62
- Complementary and alternative medicine58
- Reproductive Medicine53
- Pharmacology49
- Emergency Medicine44
- Geriatrics and Gerontology38
- Otorhinolaryngology32
- Rehabilitation31
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine29
- Hepatology28
- Immunology and Allergy25
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine24
- Genetics19
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine14
- Urology13
- Health Informatics10
- Gastroenterology6
- Internal Medicine6
- Family Practice2
- Transplantation2
- Anatomy0
- Biochemistry0
- Microbiology0
Journals
The endpoints below each rank show its likely range. How rank ranges are calculated
Citations made in 2025. Corpus-wide, 84.3% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
42 additional Physiology journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2022–2024, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2025. Publication window: 2022–2024. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 154
- Window papers (baseline)
- 133,596 +4.8% from indicator year 2022
- Median OJR
- 0.87 -7.0% from indicator year 2022
- Rising journals (2025)
- 9
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2022–2024 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranked journals | 59 | 62 | 62 | 67 | 67 | 72 | 75 | 82 | 89 | 91 | 95 | 104 | 110 | 120 | 127 | 129 | 131 | 143 | 155 | 160 | 163 | 163 | 162 | 161 | 159 | 154 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 43,956 | 48,028 | 49,863 | 52,236 | 52,608 | 55,626 | 58,658 | 62,565 | 65,322 | 70,406 | 76,421 | 81,146 | 83,401 | 84,300 | 88,598 | 93,045 | 98,474 | 102,056 | 105,556 | 109,112 | 113,571 | 121,103 | 127,537 | 130,703 | 130,394 | 133,596 | |
| Median OJR | 0.59 | 0.63 | 0.80 | 0.71 | 0.73 | 0.74 | 0.778 | 0.781 | 0.85 | 0.91 | 0.836 | 0.90 | 0.99 | 0.943 | 0.975 | 0.970 | 0.96 | 0.940 | 0.878 | 0.837 | 0.841 | 0.89 | 0.93 | 0.884 | 0.82 | 0.87 |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.